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Châtel-Argent Castle

Name: Châtel-Argent Castle
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Location: Villeneuve, Aosta Valley, Italy

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1. Mont Blanc – Sarriod de La Tour Castle loop from Aosta Viale Europa

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2. Sarriod de La Tour Castle – Porta Pretoria (Aosta) loop from Aosta

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530m

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3. Sarriod de La Tour Castle – Mont Blanc loop from Courmayeur

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04:37

1,010m

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October 7, 2023

Recent studies have shown that the castle was built in its current appearance around 1275, although the toponym Castrum Argenteum appears as early as 1176.
The builder was probably Master James of Saint Georges, architect of Count Peter II of Savoy, already active in Wales.
The promontory on which the castle stands and which overlooks the town of Villeneuve was already inhabited in proto-historic times, as well as in Roman times.
Its strategic position meant that the castle always remained in the hands of the Count of Savoy.

The castle consists of a vast enclosure with fortifications and a lookout tower also outside.
On the east side there is the chapel, the oldest part of the complex (11th-12th century). The western part of the enclosure is delimited by a defensive wall into which the entrance is made. This second enclosure contained the now destroyed dwelling, leaning against the wall, the vaulted cistern and the circular keep.
The architecture highlights the defensive purpose of the original structure: the entrance door was positioned several meters high and the only lights are the slits, almost invisible externally.
The castle is accessible on foot, in a quarter of an hour, from the small road that starts from the bridge over the Dora Baltea in the town center of Villeneuve.

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Elevation 650 m

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Location: Villeneuve, Aosta Valley, Italy

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1. Mont Blanc – Sarriod de La Tour Castle loop from Aosta Viale Europa

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